Automatic nail buffer



Jam-31, 1928. 1,657,768

E. w. SANDFORD AUTOMATI C NAIL BUFFER Filed Oct. s, 1926 INVENTOR ElizaWSandforaZ;

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UNITED STATES ELIZA W. SANIJFORD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

AUTOMATIC NAIL BUFFER.

Application filed October 8, 1926. Serial No. 140,321.

My present invention relates to an improvement in a bufiing machine, andmore especially to one adapted to a butting or polishing machine adaptedto manicures use,

6 for treating the nails of the hand.

One of the objects of my device, aside from the compactness of theapparatus, is to provide means whereby-the buifer head is caused torapidly oscillate, upon a rigid support, thereby to permit manualmanipulation of the hand and nails thereon, light or heavy pressurebeing exerted at will.

Another advantage of my device relates to the simplicity of thestructure and the few number of parts utilized.

These and other capabilities will be noted as the disclosure proceedsand obvious modifications may be made in my device Without departingfrom the scope of the claims.

In the drawings- Fig. 1 is a front view of my device, and

Fig. 2 isa side elevation thereof.

Asa primary source of operation of my device, any standard small type ofelectric motor may be used, such as 1, Fig. 2, it being mounted in asuitable manner upon a rubber footed base 2, the rubber feet 3 absorbingvibration and preventing sliding of the device, which'is intended, insome phases of its use, to be portable.

Upon the motor shaft 4 atone end may be located a polishing wheel 5, andat the other end, suitably and rigidl affixed thereto, a buffer drivingdog 6, W ich comprises a hubbed disc 7 having an eccentrically arrangeddriving pin 8. The pin 8 is in operative engagement with a slottedmetallic oscillating head, generally denoted by 9, Fig. 1, the lower endof which as at 10, is pivotally mounted in a base yoke 11, by means of apivot pin 12.

The upper end of the oscillatinghead 9, is developed into acrescent-like buffer mount 13, upon which is suitably mounted a paddedbuffer 14, of suitable and usual in the direction of the alternatedarrows there shown.

Any usual form of switch or'other control for opening or closing asource of electric current to the motor, through the wires DE, may beused to stop and start the motor 1, as desired.

In use, the motor is started, causing the buffer head to oscillaterapidly, and the finger nails are lightly pressed against the top faceofthe buffer pad '14,. which by reason of the oscillatory motion, actsto rapidly and efficiently buff the nails. After this operation, thefinish on the nails may be completed by touching themagainst-thepolishing wheel 5.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is: i

i 1. A finger-nail buffer comprising a base,

a motor and anoscillatory buffer mounted thereon, means on said base forpivotally mounting said buffer for oscillatory motion thereon, andeccentric means on said motor engaging said buffer to cause oscillationthereof.

2. A finger-nail buffer and polisher comprising a motor having a shafttherein, a base for mounting the motor, an oscillatory buffer pivoted onsaid base, and eccentric means on one end of said shaft engageable withsaid buffer to oscillate the same.

3. A finger-nail buffer and'polisher comprising a motor having ashaftftherein, a base for mounting the motor, an oscillatory bufferpivoted on. said base, eccentric meanson one end of said shaftengageable with said buffer to oscillate the same and a polishing meanson the opposite end of said motor shaft.

4. A nail buffer comprising a base, a mo- 1 tor thereon; an oscillatorybuffer on said base; and means interposed between the oscillatory pathof said buffer and said base to cause oscillation of the buifer.

5. A nail buffer comprising a. base, a motor thereon having a shaft; anoscillating buffer; and means including an eccentric member on saidshaft interposed between the as. cillatory path ofsaid buffer and basefor causing oscillation of the buffer.

6. A finger-nail buffer comprising a motor having a shaft; a buffer; apivoted member carrying the buffer; an eccentric member carried on saidshaft engaging said pivoted face of the buffer to describe a curvilinearmember to cause oscillation of the buffer in path of which said means isthe center of a path of which the eccentric member is the curvature. 1"center of curvature. Signed at New York in the county of T. A. nnilbufier comprising a motor, a New York and State of New York this 7thhufi'er, 111d means interposed between said day of October A. D. 1926.bufler and motor to cause the operative sur- ELIZA W. SANDFUHI).

